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1. Add MS 53050 A

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Title:
'The London Arab'.
Scope & Content:
Drama in a prologue and four acts. Licence sent 29 March 1866 for performance at the Victoria. Messrs [Frederick] Frampton and Fenton noted as lessees of the theatre on folio 1, together with the date of the play's intended performance - Easter Monday, 2 April 1866. MS in two hands. The name of t...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Mar 1866
Extent:
137 folios.

2. Add MS 53050 B

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Title:
'Ulf the minstrel, or, The maiden, the minstrel and the monster!', by R. Reece.
Scope & Content:
Extravaganza in one act. Licence sent 30 March 1866 for performance at the Royalty. A list of the author's previous works is to be found on folio 3.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Mar 1866
Extent:

36 folios.

3. Add MS 53050 C

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Title:
'Theodora, actress and empress', by W. Phillips
Scope & Content:
Tragedy in five acts. Licence sent 3 April 1866 for performance at the Surrey. The attribution of the play to W. Phillips is taken from Nicoll, the name of the dramatist not being noted on the script. The play was also published by Lacy's (vol 74).
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Mar 1866
Extent:

42 folios.

4. Add MS 53050 D

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Title:
'Quite a romance', by D. Fisher.
Scope & Content:
Comedy in two acts. Licence sent 3 April 1866 for performance at the Theatre Royal, Plymouth. The play is listed as author unknown in Nicoll.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Apr 1866
Extent:

67 folios.

5. Add MS 53050 E

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Title:
'Pike O'Callaghan, or, The Irish patriot', by W. Reeve.
Scope & Content:
Drama in two acts. Licence sent 5 April 1866 for performance at the Theatre Royal, Swansea. MS in two hands. The script contains sketches of how the stage should be set up on folios 16v and 32. Nicoll notes that the play was subsequently performed in Scarborough on 29 September 1868 and at the S...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Apr 1866
Extent:

55 folios.

6. Add MS 53050 F

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Title:
'Not so bad after all', by W. Reeve
Scope & Content:
Comedy in two acts. Licence sent 5 April 1866 for performance at the Theatre Royal, Swansea. The name of the dramatist is not noted on the script but Nicoll attributes the play to W. Reeve, noting further that the play was subsequently performed at Charing Cross on the 8 January 1870. The play w...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Apr 1866
Extent:

47 folios.

7. Add MS 53050 G

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Title:
'The belle of the season', by E. Towers.
Scope & Content:
Drama in three acts. Licence sent 6 April 1866 for performance at the Effingham. The name of the dramatist is noted as 'E. Towers' on folio 1 but Nicoll tentatively attributes the play to Matilda Heron.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Apr 1866
Extent:

26 folios.

8. Add MS 53050 H

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Title:
'The outcast'.
Scope & Content:
Drama in a prologue and four acts. Licence sent 16 April 1866 for performance at the Amphitheatre, Liverpool. The name of the theatre manager is noted as John Pritchard on folio 39; Mr Pritchard also played a part in the drama, being noted in the dramatis personae on folio22v, although the names ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Apr 1866
Extent:
39 folios.

9. Add MS 53050 I

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Title:
'East Lynne', by G. Conquest.
Scope & Content:
Drama in three acts. Licence sent 18 April 1866 for performance at the Grecian. Mr B. O. Conquest [Benjamin Oliver Conquest] noted as actual and responsible manager on folio 1, together with the date of the play's intended performance - Monday 23 April 1866. Adapted from the novel of the same na...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Apr 1866
Extent:

30 folios.

10. Add MS 53050 J

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Title:
'A constant follower', by F. Hay.
Scope & Content:
Farce in one act. Licence sent 11 April 1866 for performance at the Strand. The play is listed as author unknown in Nicoll.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Apr 1866
Extent:

21 folios.